EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN (BCG) VACCINE IN WARTS

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) lymphadenitis-changing trends and management.

BACKGROUND Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is performed as a part of expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI). Suppurative lymphadenitis is the common complication of BCG vaccination. The optimum treatment for this complication is debated. METHODS All cases of BCG lymphadenitis presenting to pediatric surgical service over a 17-year study period were reviewed to determine the optim...

Protective effect of bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine in the prevention of leprosy: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND Although the role of bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine in the prevention of leprosy was hypothesized as early as 1939, its level of protective effect remained controversial. AIM As a meta-analysis systematically combines the results from different studies, we summarize the protective effect of BCG vaccine in prevention of leprosy using meta-analytic procedures. METHODS Our s...

Complication of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine in HIV-infected Children

Nine of 355 cases of symtopmatic HIV-infected children who admitted to Chiang Mai University Hospital from January 1989 to December 1994 had complication due to BCG vaccination. The median age was 15 months with its range from 8 to 22 monts. Four cases presented with ulceration of the previously-healed BCG scar with ipsilateral enlarged and inflamed axillary nodes. Four cases had ipsilateral en...

Bacille Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy of viral warts.

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of the Bacille Calmette-Guerin BCG vaccine in the treatment of viral warts. METHODS A single blind placebo controlled study conducted at the Department of Dermatology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq from March 2005 to June 2006. Two hundred patients with viral warts were enrolled in this study, and were fully assessed before therapy. The patient...

Intralesional immunotherapy with Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine for the treatment of warts: case report and systematic review